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TaasirLink: Citizen Narrative Campaign
Overview Search for Common Ground Kyrgyzstan’s TaasirLink: Citizen Narrative Campaign was a social media and offline campaign which sought to transform mindsets by empowering local communities to engage in learning opportunities. TaasirLink’s activities included educational trainings, cultural contests and excursions, sports events,...
What is next for DME for Peace? Help us decide!
We are in the beginning stages of a redevelopment of DME for Peace and your insights would be invaluable! This redevelopment is being guided by the concept of "access with ownership" - we want to provide a global platform that provides practitioners...
Top “Timeless” How-to Resources
These are the top "how-to" resources that our community keeps revisiting throughout the years. That is why we have given these always popular resources the title of “timeless”. We have collected them all in one place for your convenience! A Guide to...
Top 5 “Timeless” Tools & Toolkits
These are the top 5 (okay, there are actually 7 but that didn't have the same ring to it...) tools and toolkits that our community keeps revisiting throughout the years. That is why we have given these always popular resources the title...
Top 5 Blog Posts: 2015 – Now
Don't know which of our many blog posts to read first? Start here - these are 5 of the most read blog posts on DME for Peace in the past 5 years. The PEC Data Visualizations Series (By: the PEC Consortium/DME for...
Overall Top 5 “Timeless” Resources
These are the overall top 5 resources that our community keeps coming back to over the years. That is why we have given these always popular resources the title of "timeless". They are now gathered all in one place for easy access...
The Politics of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Syria
“Local Voices at a Crossroads” is an article series in which local actors of everyday peace share their insights into the fragilities and resilience of their societies in the face of conflict. Grassroots societies lie at the crossroads between local realities and...
“More support for youth” open letter from peacebuilding organizations
In an open letter, we call on US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to announce both short and long-term measures to support the fundamental human rights of young people. We ask that the importance of young people’s contributions to peace and security be recognized and supported through meaningful policy change. It is estimated that 408 million young people live in areas affected by...
Q&A: How can civi-tech advance gender equality?
Civic tech is an emerging field that tackles local challenges by bringing together tech practitioners, policymakers, activists, and local organizations to design projects that enhance citizen participation. While driven by democratic ideals, it nonetheless risks falling into the same pitfalls as other...
CHOOSE TO CHALLENGE: THE GENDER DATA GAP IN HUMANITARIAN AID
Humanitarian assistance has slowly become more data-focused. This is a positive move for the humanitarian community, as high-quality data can help illustrate to humanitarian workers, policymakers, and leaders the realities faced by those affected by crises, and help them understand how to...
GRANTEE SPOTLIGHT: WOMEN’S INITIATIVE PLATFORM, BURMA
Women in Burma, by law, have the right to vote, run for office, and own property. Nevertheless, strong cultural norms and ingrained discrimination remain a major obstacle to gender parity in Burma. The Women’s Initiative Platform (WIP) is a civil society organization working with...
3 ways our teams are challenging gender norms around the world
Although there have been major strides for women and girls over the last decades, many challenges remain. Girls’ global access to secondary education lags behind that of boys. Women are still sorely underrepresented in public life, representing only 25 percent of national...